The Pontiac Press: 1955-02-16

Abstract

Six die as blast shatters home near Milford: Fatal explosion blamed upon spilled gasoline ; Snow clogs up main arteries at rush hour ; Hard luck dogs blast-shattered Zeller family ; Rabies clinics slated Sunday ; Three-anti-red Romanians surrender legation today ; 'Mother colony' of island group sees princess ; Report buildup opposite islands ; Desert A-tests delayed again ; Pan Am giving China wide berth on flights ; Ex-gravedigger denies killing JoAnn ; House balloting on higher pay ; AEC tells of drifting A-death clouds from H-bombs and suggests shelters ; Detroit may be 4th largest city in US ; Hold hearing in girl's knifing ; Ike's tariff plan gets committee okay in House; Expect decision in murder trial ; The day in Birmingham: Construction bids taken for high school addition ; Advises payers of intangible tax ; Hazel Park gets 53-day season for horse races ; Nixon soothes coffee nations ; Hospital board to speed hiring; Pontiac city affairs: Willman reports city hall is 95 per cent finished ; Governor sees state A-reactor ; Ronald Van Dyke is GI in triplicate ; Russians close tract for testing A-cannon ; Elevator crushes Detroiter to death ; Women's driving record brings liability rate cut ; Optimist Club givers $500 for city parks, recreation ; Chicken pox cases jump sharply here ; Amateur weatherman, 86, often outguesses experts